There is definitely a lot of chaos out there, and humans try to make sense of it one way or the other, even if the absence of complete information. Is it just me or has the world grown increasingly stranger in the last ~50 years? Sure, there were things like Iran-Contra, CIA cocaine smuggling, coups in Latin America, etc, but everyone more or less knew what was going on and where things stood. Now, it all feels like cloak and daggers.
Also another angle I think about on these conspiracy theories is that there is a low probability that any individual one is correct, but at least one of them is almost certainly correct; the chance that the NZ shooting conspiracy is correct is low, and the chance the the 9/11 conspiracy is correct is low, but the chance of the NZ shooting being correct OR the 9/11 conspiracy theory OR the Las Vegas shooting OR ... OR the JFK assassination, etc, that must be high. And we only find out much later which of these were noise and which were real issues.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but that still means its incorrect for 1,398 minutes.
I watched the video on my phone, so whatever the effect that caused it was likely amplified. It certainly seemed weird, but it seemed like quite a jump to launch a whole conspiracy off of that one peculiarity.
The whole traveling thing is new info for me, but would seem to discredit the conspiracy even further. Why would they make such an evocative fact like that public knowledge. I can't think of an explanation for visiting those places to begin with, so not sure where that stands
Its human nature to try and make sense of chaos. To try and find some understanding for stuff like this. However there's too many people who perform mental gymnastics and make connections, then offer "undeniable proof" supporting their particular flavor of conspiracy.
Sadly this is all compounded and amplified by one thing. Clicks and ad revenue. People trying to be the most correct, the quickest. Leading to later allegations of fake news based on initial mistakes made, which then becomes fuel and evidence for a later conspiracy.
The second half of the clicks problem is that the more heinous and attention grabbing the allegation is, the more likely people will click it to support their own bias, or to systematically debunk. Meanwhile both parties are generating revenue for the author.
Sorry for the novel, sort of went on a tangent there as I haven't really put these thoughts into words before.